That darn junk food!

Hello everyone! Just wanted to know if anyone else is dealing with 'forbidden' food issues lately? Ever since Thanksgiving it has been so hard to get back on track - Ive gone over to the 'dark' side, and I cant get back! Ive discovered that I can eat just about anything now (6 months post op) and this scares the heck out of me!!!! Now the sugar cravings are back, and I am eating junk on a daily basis! I know I need to stop - but the old food demons are hard to ignore! Everyone was right, you need to prepare for the time when the appetite comes back and be ready to fight it. I feel like Iam losing this battle with junk foods. I have shed 101 lbs since my surgery in June, and I dont want to start gaining it all back. But at the rate Im going, it may be a possibility. I know what I need to do, its just so hard getting back to the right mindset and motivation. I could use some helpful suggestions if anyone has any. Thank you.

Debra; I hear you. I feel the exact same way. I did some research and discoved it very common especially around that time of the month. I finally figured out a way to trick myself. I try to find snacks that have the sweat taste but have low fat/sugar with protein. kashi has a banana/almond cereal. Works great! I love the sugar free creme saver hard candy (strawberries & creme). I love oreo's so I bought the ziplock snack bags. I put 2 cookies in a bag and that is my snack. I bought the oreo's in the serving size. 6 to one package. I get 3 treats out of one bag. I had to tell my mind that 2 cookies is plenty and it seems to work. For drinks I have found the Tropicana sugar free lemonage or orange. Doesn't have the fizz but drinking out of the can sure helps. I like the ocean spray light cranberry/grape juice. It has 10 grams of sugar for 8 oz. I drink about 6 oz in the morning. Hope this helps. cynthia

Try carmel rice cakes! In the last 2 weeks I can not tell you how many I have eaten and I have come to love oranges!